--- title: "9 Editor Really Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Editor Really quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Editor Really sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/ru-freeman-33457_astute_fiona-mccrae-is-a-really-amazing-editor_543318.jpg" --- > [Fiona McCrae is a really amazing editor. Really smart and very astute about what a story needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ru-freeman/fiona-mccrae-is-a-really-amazing-editor-really-smart-and-very-astute/) [Ru Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ru-freeman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/ru-freeman-33457_astute_fiona-mccrae-is-a-really-amazing-editor_543318.jpg) > [I loved editing, and being a cookbook editor is a really a great job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-pavone/i-loved-editing-and-being-a-cookbook-editor-is-a-really-a-great-job/) [Chris Pavone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-pavone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/chris-pavone-3124_being_i-loved-editing-and-being-a-cookbook-edi_3099857.png) > [And then my editor really likes that because he's left alone to do what...to create those things instead of me breathing over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-stoller/and-then-my-editor-really-likes-that-because-he-s-left-alone-to-do/) [Nicholas Stoller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-stoller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/nicholas-stoller-12876_breathing_and-then-my-editor-really-likes-that-bec_2946473.jpg) > [The border between editing and ghostwriting is, at its extremes, a bit porous. An editor really improves and sometimes restructures a manuscript…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-thurman/the-border-between-editing-and-ghostwriting-is-at-its-extremes-a-bit/) [Judith Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-thurman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/judith-thurman-33035_bits_the-border-between-editing-and-ghostwrit_387969.jpg) > [I thought it was a glorious thing to be a critic and to be a literary editor, and one was really doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/i-thought-it-was-a-glorious-thing-to-be-a-critic-and-to-be-a-literary/) [Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/claire-tomalin-8837_books_i-thought-it-was-a-glorious-thing-to-be_1575054.jpg) > [It was not until I began to write a book called 'Light Years' that an editor really stepped in. The editor was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/it-was-not-until-i-began-to-write-a-book-called-light-years-that-an/) [James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/james-salter-2584_began_it-was-not-until-i-began-to-write-a-book_398348.jpg) > [I once had an editor advise me, as I was revising one of my early novels, to add more characters. I played…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-sims/i-once-had-an-editor-advise-me-as-i-was-revising-one-of-my-early/) [Elizabeth Sims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-sims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63c/elizabeth-sims-57650_action_i-once-had-an-editor-advise-me-as-i-was_3036252.jpg) > [I think being an editor really helped me take other people's notes on my writing. I'd get a note like 'It's too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/i-think-being-an-editor-really-helped-me-take-other-people-s-notes-on/) [Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/toni-morrison-271_books_i-think-being-an-editor-really-helped-me_2369265.jpg) > [I always thought the editor should cut the film and so I'll come in and look at the movie. Just because that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weir/i-always-thought-the-editor-should-cut-the-film-and-so-i-ll-come-in/) [Peter Weir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/peter-weir-13756_boss_i-always-thought-the-editor-should-cut-t_773861.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/editor-really/#itemlist", "name": "Editor Really Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fiona McCrae is a really amazing editor. 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